IAM Calls for Greater Traffic Education
Traffic education should become an integral part of the National Curriculum, in an effort to cut the numbers of young people killed and injured on UK roads, the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) has said. The call ties in with a survey by the FIA (Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile), which found that only seven of 15 […]
Society Fined for Highland Show Fatality
The Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland has been fined £100,000 following the death of a three-year-old boy at the Royal Highland Show at Ingliston in June 2008, reports the BBC. Ben Craggs had been attending the show with his parents when he apparently grabbed hold of a rope between two bollards in one of […]
Edinburgh Company Fined for Crush Injuries
An Edinburgh based pharmaceutical company has recently appeared in Edinburgh Sheriff Court, where it pled guilty to failing to ensure the health and safety of an employee who was crushed by a reversing lorry. The incident occurred in September 2011, at the company’s premises on Wheatfield Road in Edinburgh. The employee in question was attempting […]
Woman Compensated After Ambulance Delay
A woman who collapsed in north London but had to wait more than 100 minutes for an ambulance has been awarded around £5 million in compensation, the BBC has reported. The 36-year-old, who was a genetic scientist, sustained brain damage as a result of the delay and now needs 24-hour care. The delay occurred because her home had […]
Investing in Workplace Health and Safety
A recent report from the British Safety Council has highlighted why investing in health and safety makes sound business sense. According to the report, the true cost of failures in occupational health and safety to the UK economy amounted to £13.8 billion in 2011/2012, with work related illnesses costing around £8.4 billion. “At a time when the […]
One in ten crashes caused by distractions
The Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) is warning drivers about the dangers of distracted driving after research found that nearly one in ten (9%) of drivers admit to crashing their cars because they were distracted. Just under one in twenty drivers (4%) say that someone was injured in the crash. The IAM/Vision Critical survey, which polled nearly […]
Safety experts voice concerns
The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) has said it is “disappointed” and “concerned” over plans to deregulate areas of health and safety. The Joint Committee providing pre-legislative scrutiny of the Draft Deregulation Bill issued its report towards the end of last year, and IOSH has repeated its concerns that some self-employed people could […]
Calls for Scotland’s drivers to stay sober
Brake, the road safety charity, is calling on Scotland’s drivers to commit to staying stone cold sober if driving home from Christmas festivities, to avoid causing devastating casualties. The call comes as Police Scotland’s annual drink and drug driving enforcement campaign kicks off. The month long campaign sees forces across Scotland stepping up checks to catch […]
Scottish firms penalised for health and safety failings
A number of Scottish employers have come under the spotlight recently after their health and safety failings led to workers suffering serious and in some cases life changing injuries simply as a result of trying to do their job. Janitor loses toe in chainsaw incident In one such incident, Fife Council was fined £20,000 after a janitor […]
Faculty has doubts over proposed legislation to reform FAIs
The Faculty of Advocates has published details of its response to the consultation over the Inquiries into Deaths (Scotland) Bill, which has been proposed by MSP Patricia Ferguson to make reforms to the current system of fatal accident inquiries (FAIs). In its response, the Faculty acknowledged that there was room for improvement in the current system, but warned that […]
